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Looking to finally replace all the cutters on my machine, and wondering what the specific replacement cutters would be. The manual states '15 x 15 x 2.5MM tungsten – Radius edge', but doesn't state...

Maybe I've been lucky, but I've made a lot out of Spotted Gum, always glued with TB3, no acetone etc, and I cannot recall ever having an issue. Over the years I have also almost definitely left...

I'll take it thank you :) I live in the area so can pick it up if that is ok.

They're definitely not running out. I would say more a case of a lack of international (and to a degree domestic) tourists who are the ones generally buying it. I don't think too many locals are...

I'm curious as to what, if any, people's solutions are for lifting and shifting around things they are making in the workshop, considering how heavy most of the timber is we use? I'm always...

Thanks for the responses. I know this is one of those (annoying) how long is a piece of string type scenarios. I was still hoping to get potentially examples of what others have done and their costs,...

Hi Everyone

I am in the process of looking for a new house - and there is a possibility there won't be a garage, but the potential to build a shed/garage, for all intents and purposes be a...

Maybe look at birch ply instead. Bloody expensive here though :|

I was very happy when I found that store and now get all my few and far between Festool purchases there.

Yup, for others. I've had a few people ask me about it - even after explaining the cost of glass. I think if people are willing to drop up to $1300 for Lego they can see the value of displaying it in...

Very nice. I have the MF set as well and seeing all the chat around the web I reckon it could be a good little money maker as it really is the best way to display it considering the size.

I've had the same weird cut out issue as well and from memory it was that for mine too.

This photo might show how things go. All of the bundled piles and slabs are a 'lot'. Starts at lot 1 and you walk along lot by lot until done. Everyone has a bidding card and there is proper...

Soak them in this, cheap and easy;
https://www.bunnings.com.au/simple-green-1l-green-concentrate-all-purpose-cleaner_p4470509

And they don't need to be. They're the best of the best of the best.

I'm on the northern beaches, so that's pretty convenient. Busy during the week unfortunately, but definitely post some photos and let us know how you go :2tsup:

There would definitely be interest in Sydney. Including myself, just likely not for an entire tree of slabs, but a couple.

Where are you based in Sydney?

I believe this is just the case of sheet goods here in Aus. You will quickly learn that we get rorted compared to the US and Europe, especially with ply. People in the US are making workshop items...

I'm assuming these replies are based on a 6/8 seat dining table made for a house. There are plenty of ~1400x800 dining tables for apartments which are perfectly fine.

Does the edge need to come off perfect from the cut? If so the circular saw option may not be the best, especially if you do it via multiple passes. If you can clean the cut up after with a handplane...

No worries mate.
Like with a lot of things people here tend to follow American trends, so with so much imported furniture being walnut, usually just veneered, it has become increasingly popular as...

Maybe give American Hardwoods in Melbourne a call? Given their name, and the Instagram pics I've seen, they would surely have it. Just have to factor in delivery.
http://americanhardwoods.com.au/

Bought this from Boutique Timbers at last years auction and finally used it on a bed. A previous post about the pale timber resulted in Pepperwood, so I'm now curious as to what the reddish timber...

A slab of dining table size will have been done with a bandsaw mill, so will be pretty 'flat' but quite rough. Depending on the size you're talking you should suss out what shops in Melbourne might...

If you work on your own, make sure you have some way of manoeuvring it around the shop from start to finish, and then obviously delivery. A red gum slab for a 'large table top' at 40mm+ thickness is...

That was basically my exact school of thought at the time of purchase. I would have LOVED the Hammer, and I may indeed buy one if I ever get to the stage of saving for one via selling furniture, but...

The Jet HH is ~$4200, but the Hammer with their HH is more in the realms of $7-8000. Quite a large step up and very much for the professional full time woodworker.

I was looking at both the Jet...

Should be noted as well that the DF700 is physically quite a bit larger than the DF500. If the majority of work you do is smaller then definitely go for the DF500, as it's easier to wield and if you...

I was thinking along the same lines as the bottom version, but taking it further and it being completely random and every piece being a different length.

Using treated pine for clamping cauls might not do the trick. Clamping cauls generally need to be flat and straight themselves to align the boards as perfect as possible, which treated pine generally...

Not really about support and strength, it's about wood movement, and allowing it to expand/contract. Absolutely nothing will stop wood from moving if it needs to. If it's well seasoned already, and...

In that case just be aware of the expansion and contraction of wood. With what you are currently doing you are trapping the boards in and stopping them from expanding/contracting. There is a chance...

Have you tried Amazon? That's where I get my Freud blades, but with the 'normal' sized arbor :)

How are you joining the boards together for the top? They need to be together before the ends go on. Don't rely on putting the ends on and that holding the other boards tightly together. You will...

Been there, and would definitely recommend it as the place to go. Go there on the way back from the Tahune Air Walk :2tsup:

If they come up for sale I might be interested in one/two :2tsup:

Thanks Greg

Wondering if anyone knows what this timber is? I bought it last year from the Boutique Timbers auction, and the pack was sold as 'QLD Mixed', so I would assume it can at least be narrowed down to...

Texas Heritage Woodworks also make a moxon vise kit which is a cheaper alternative to Benchcrafted;

Moxon Vise — Texas Heritage Woodworks

That's what I do - cheap and nasty but it works!

The SawStop and Hammer exhaust that $10k on their own. No one will dispute they are amazing machines, but using all your money on just those doesn't make too much sense when starting. Even if you do...

Exactly what I was thinking reading that reply and others. They likely could have thrown any new filter in there and thought it was making a huge difference - people don't like admitting that...

It's definitely worthwhile to purchase a rip blade, or at least a combo blade, if you will be venturing away from sheet goods, which the supplied blade is pretty much for.

I see $1479 exactly for both places. Make sure you're comparing the exact model numbers.

http://justtools.com.au/festool-domino-joining-machine-574328-df500q-plus...

Thank you all for the replies, a lot of good info. I think I'll start with a quality rip blade, a Grr-Ripper and make a sled.

I am about to take delivery of my new table saw, a Laguna Fusion. This is my first table saw so I am starting with scratch in terms of accessories.

Regarding blades, my assumption is that a good...

Here you go - http://www.tttg.org.au/

Just be aware that a spiral head is not the same as a helical head, so don't expect the same outcomes. You may as well just go for a quality straight blade machine, or make the larger jump to a...

Interesting, I have never heard of anything like that before. Seems like a lot of effort, but I'm sure it's worth it.

Yes, very happy with it :D

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The one on the right of the main four.



Thanks, I'll give it a try on a scrap piece.